Russia launches NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts to space station
Don Pettit is replacing astronaut Tracy Dyson, who plans to return to Earth on Sept. 23, after a six-month stay aboard the space station.
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Don Pettit is replacing astronaut Tracy Dyson, who plans to return to Earth on Sept. 23, after a six-month stay aboard the space station.
Crew 9 commander Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson will stay behind when the Crew 9 mission takes off on Sept. 24.
Four civilian astronauts are preparing for a historic mission to new heights above Earth. SpaceX is launching Polaris Dawn, which will also feature the first commercial spacewalk. Mark Strassman has details.
Four astronauts are set to launch on Tuesday for a groundbreaking six-day mission, "Polaris Dawn," aiming to reach a record orbit 870 miles above Earth — three times higher than the International Space Station. The mission will also feature the first-ever commercial spacewalk. Mark Strassmann met the crew, who have trained for two years for this historic journey.
No final decisions have been made and NASA remains hopeful ongoing tests will show the Starliner can safely return its crew to Earth.
The problem for NASA and Boeing is that the Starliner's service module is discarded before re-entry and burns up in the atmosphere.
NASA plans to hold a formal re-entry readiness review before setting a new landing target date.
It was the second spacewalk in a row to be called off because of spacesuit issues.
The Starliner and its two-person crew are now expected to land at White Sands, New Mexico, on June 26.
The oxygen valve that derailed a launch try last week has been replaced, but engineers want more time to verify an unrelated helium leak has been fixed.
United Launch Alliance decided to replace a suspect valve in the Atlas 5 rocket's upper stage, delaying launch to late next week.
The planned piloted launch of Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship was called off with less than two hours to go before liftoff.
Two veteran astronauts will put the Starliner through its paces in the ship's first piloted flight to orbit.
Landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan completed the replacement of five long-duration space station fliers.
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson is replacing Loral O'Hara, who's wrapping up a six-month stay aboard the space station.
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, making her third flight, will spend six months aboard the station, replacing astronaut Loral O'Hara.
Along with crew supplies, spare parts and science gear, the Cygnus cargo ship brought ice cream and other treats to the lab's crew.
Four paying customers and two pilots soared out of the discernible atmosphere in a sub-orbital up-and-down trip to space.
A record eight nations are currently represented aboard the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with a four-man crew that will spend two weeks aboard the International Space Station to carry out more than 30 experiments.
The flight marks the third commercial space station visit funded by Houston-based Axiom Space, and the first with an all-European crew.
A guidance system problem during final approach prompted two space station cosmonauts to take over by remote control.
The fourth all-female spacewalk accomplished one major objective, but the crew ran out of time to retrieve a failed electronics box.
The coolant leak in the experiment radiator follows similar leaks in a Soyuz crew ferry ship and a Progress cargo craft.
It's the third leak of heat-dissipating coolant on the International Space Station in less than a year, but officials say the crew is in no danger.